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Founder & Chief Pondering Officer @ ZATO Marketing

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Kirk Williams is the Founder & Chief Pondering Officer at ZATO Marketing. He has been named one of the Top 25 Most Influential PPCers in the world by PPC Hero 6 years in a row (2016-2021), has written articles for many industry publications, including Shopify, Moz, PPC Hero, Search Engine Land, and Microsoft.**

**Kirk is a frequent guest on digital marketing podcasts and webinars and an avid conference speaker, having traveled around the world to talk about Paid Search (especially Shopping Ads).

In 2023, Kirk had the privilege of speaking at the TEDx Billings on one of his many passions, Stop the Scale: Redefining Business Success.

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PAID SEARCH GUIDE

Does Quality Score Still Matter in 2026? How to Interpret It in Automation-Heavy Google Ads Accounts.

Quality Score isn’t new. It has been around for nearly two decades. What’s new is how uncertain many advertisers feel about what to do with it today.

Author - Kirk Williams
GUIDE PAID SEARCH

Negative Keywords in Google Ads: How to Reduce Wasted Spend and Improve Campaign Performance in 2026

A PPC manager shared a lesson from their first big beauty account on Reddit. They had just built out their first major campaign structure and created an ad group for the “shampoo” category. Negative keywords were in place, and everything looked solid.

Author - Kirk Williams
STRATEGY PAID SEARCH

Say Hello to Sidekick 6.0: Faster Help, Smarter Guidance, Better Workflows

Every PPC professional knows that managing campaigns isn’t just about data. It’s about navigating different tools, keeping track of what’s happening, and making sense of it all as quickly as possible. Between shifting metrics and complex workflows, even the best teams can lose valuable time switching contexts.